LIMA, Ohio Joey Saldana honored sprint car hero and legend Brad Doty with a victory in the Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park on Thursday night. 44 cars packed the pits to take part in the event that was postponed from Wednesday’s heavy showers that fell throughout the Ohio area.

The large crowd watched as Saldana rocketed around the ¼ mile high banked bullring in Western Ohio as he piloted his Kasey Kahne owned Curb Records sponsored machine to another feature win in the highly anticipated event co-sanctioned by the World of Outlaws and the All Stars Circuit of Champions.

“I felt like in traffic I was doing pretty good,” Saldana said. “It seemed like it was my Achilles heal on the other short tracks. I kind of got myself in a bad situation and lost some momentum and those guys ran me down. I definitely felt pretty good though. Traffic always dictates the winner on a quarter-mile. We still had the speed, and I’ll take it.”

Saldana was thrilled to win the Brad Doty Classic, a race which has become one of the “must see” events each summer. “It’s huge,” said Saldana. “He was a hell of a race car driver. I’ve been trying to do this for a while since I was with the All Stars. I have come really close and we got it done tonight.”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who made his return to the area after picking up three wins during Ohio Speedweek – including one at Limaland – fought his way to the front from his 3rd row starting position as he held off Donny Schatz while picking off Brooke Tattnell, Daryn Pittman, and finally Terry McCarl with just a few laps to go. He crossed the finish line just a few car lengths back from Saldana in 2nd place, however post race inspection found him to be 10 lbs. light at the scales as he weighed in at 1365 lbs. He was scored in 24th place.

McCarl, who earlier in the evening won the dash, would inherit 2nd place from Stenhouse followed by Schatz, Danny Lasoski, and Tattnell. “Early on I think I had a better car than Joey in the middle of the track and down low in traffic, but the yellow kept coming out,” said McCarl. “He ran the top better than me and probably better than anyone out here. I was moving around and tried everything with my car and looked around up there. I was a little more aggressive with the car on the top. I had to make a bonsai move on the start, but he was a little better. We were hoping to win the Brad Doty Classic, it’s a big race.”

All Star points leader Greg Wilson, who started deep in the field, made an astonishing charge to the front making it all the way up to 6th place through heavy traffic and looked to have one of the fastest cars on the track at the end of the race. However, with just a handful of laps remaining he got into the turn 3 fence and flipped ending what would surely have been a Top 5 run.

All Star members Dale Blaney finished the night in the 7th spot as Danny Smith and Phil Gressman finished 12th and 13th. Chad Blonde was 14th, Bobby Clark 17th, Greg Wilson 18th, Byron Reed 19th, Tim Hunter 21st, and Brock Mayes 22nd. Stenhouse rounded out the field in 24th after the weight infraction.

Next up, the All Stars head South to Eldora Speedway for the two day Kings Royal event on July 14th and 15th. For more information, please visit www.allstarsprint.com or www.eldoraspeedway.com.

All Stars/Outlaws - Statistical Report – Limaland Motorsports Park - 7-13-06

Qualifying

1) Joey Saldana, Kahne-Curb 9, 11.513
2) Danny Lasoski, Roth 83, 11.738
3) Jason Martin, Martin 36, 11.795
4) Terry McCarl, McCarl 24, 11.804
5) Jac Haudenschild, Wright 35, 11.813
6) Danny Smith, Smith 4, 11.845
7) Byron Reed, Reed 5, 11.851
8) Daryn Pittman, Titan Racing USA 21, 11.896
9) Brooke Tatnell, Rush Racing 8, 11.933
10) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 11.943
11) Craig Dollansky, Karvan 7, 11.980
12) Justin Henderson, Oswalt D1, 12.003
13) Becca Anderson, Woodring 19, 12.039
14) Ricky Logan, Ver Meer 55, 12.074
15) Randy Hannagan, TH Racing 1X, 12.105
16) Rob Chaney, Ashworth 92, 12.187
17) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Buckner 40R, 12.234
18) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 12.235
19) Dale Blaney, Fisher 2B, 12.243
20) Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 12.270
21) Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 12.317
22) Tim Hunter, Morrison 2H, 12.370
23) Bobby Clark, Clark 8X, 12.407
24) Phil Gressman, Renfro 1R, 12.418
25) Bill Rose, Rose 6, 12.452
26) Chad Kemenah, Kemenah 15K, 12.456
27) Brandon Martin, Martin 11, 12.459
28) Greg Wilson, Warnimont 20W, 12.461
29) Jamie Miller, Becker 7B, 12.463
30) Dion Hindi, Hindi 11D, 12.487
31) Butch Schroeder, Jessup 7K, 12.492
32) Paul May, May 71M, 12.500
33) Chad Blonde, Blonde 5B, 12.617
34) Craig Mintz, Top Gun Motorsports 8S, 12.636
35) Todd Kane, Kane 78, 12.692
36) Brian Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 12.696
37) James Mosher, Mosher 12M, 13.081
38) Ron Blair, Blair 35B, 13.125
39) Dennis Yoakam, Yoakam 22, 13.139
40) Mike Dunlap, Gerh-Burgoon 9H, 13.369
41) Lee Stark, Stark 16, 13.564
42) Rich Boughan, Bradenbaugh 4U, 13.626
43) Barry Ruble, Ruble 63, 13.712
44) Bob Gehr, Gehr-Burgoon 2, 14.617

First Heat Race (10 laps)

1) Phil Gressman
2) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
3) Joey Saldana
4) Brooke Tatnell
5) Daryn Pittman
6) Chad Blonde
7) Bill Rose
8) Rob Chaney
9) James Mosher
10) Lee Stark
11) Jamie Miller

Second Heat Race (10 laps)

1) Jason Solwold
2) Randy Hannagan
3) Danny Lasoski
4) Chad Kemenah
5) Bobby Clark
6) Donny Schatz
7) Byron Reed
8) Rich Boughan
9) Ron Blair
10) Dion Hindi
11) Craig Mintz

Third Heat Race (10 laps)

1) Dale Blaney
2) Ricky Logan
3) Dennis Yoakam
4) Craig Dollansky
5) Tim Hunter
6) Danny Smith
7) Jason Martin
8) Butch Schroeder
9) Brandon Martin
10) Todd Kane
11) Barry Ruble

Fourth Heat Race (10 laps)

1) Brock Mayes
2) Jeremy Campbell
3) Jac Haudenschild
4) Terry McCarl
5) Greg Wilson
6) Paul May
7) Becca Anderson
8) Brian Carlson
9) Mike Dunlap
10) Bob Gehr
11) Justin Henderson

C-main (8 laps)

1) Todd Kane
2) Brian Carlson
3) Ron Blair [$125]
4) James Mosher [$100]
5) Mike Dunlap [$100]
6) Rich Boughan [$100]
7) Barry Ruble [$100]
8) Bob Gehr [$100]
9) Lee Stark [$100]
10) Craig Mintz (DNS) [$100]

Dash (8 laps)

1) Terry McCarl
2) Joey Saldana
3) Jac Haudenschild
4) Daryn Pittman
5) Brooke Tatnell
6) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
7) Randy Hannagan
8) Ricky Logan
9) Danny Lasoski
10) Craig Dollansky

B-main (12 laps)

1) Donny Schatz
2) Danny Smith
3) Byron Reed
4) Chad Blonde
5) Jason Martin [$200]
6) Bill Rose [$180]
7) Becca Anderson [$175]
8) Paul May [$160]
9) Dion Hindi [$150]
10) Brandon Martin [$150]
11) Brian Carlson [$150]
12) Jamie Miller [$150]
13) Rob Chaney [$150]
14) Justin Henderson [$150]
15) Todd Kane [$150]
16) Butch Schroeder (DNS) [$150]

A-main (40 laps)

1) Joey Saldana [$10,000]
2) Terry McCarl [$5,500]
3) Donny Schatz [$3,200]
4) Danny Lasoski [$2,800]
5) Brooke Tatnell [$2,500]
6) Craig Dollansky [$2,300]
7) Dale Blaney [$2,200]
8) Randy Hannagan [$2,100]
9) Daryn Pittman [$2,050]
10) Chad Kemenah [$2,000]
11) Ricky Logan [$1,500]
12) Danny Smith [$1,200]
13) Phil Gressman [$1,100]
14) Chad Blonde [$1,050]
15) Jason Solwold [$1,000]
16) Dennis Yoakam [$900]
17) Bobby Clark [$800]
18) Greg Wilson [$800]
19) Byron Reed [$800]
20) Jac Haudenschild [$800]
21) Tim Hunter [$800]
22) Brock Mayes [$800]
23) Jeremy Campbell [$800]
24) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Scored 24th after failing to meet the minimum weight requirement after A-feature) [$800]